61. I Love John Rocker, And Hate MS-NBC Sports MSNBC referred to Atlanta baseball fans as racist rednecks because we routinely giveJohn rocker a standing ovation when he sprints out on to the field in that http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/peirce5.html

I Love John Rocker And Hate MS-NBC Sports by Michael Peirce When the ninth inning roles around, it’s time to hold an advantage, or start a rally. Three hitters up and three hitters down, which happens a lot with Rocker, can be critical. He strikes out well over one hitter per inning pitched. He looks like a guy you could sit next to in a pub and have a nice chat. Although, he might challenge you to arm wrestle! It is very obvious indeed why Atlanta fans like Rocker. What is not as obvious is why everybody with a word processor and a liberal bent has been outdoing each other to damn Rocker and the Atlanta fans as a very sinister group indeed. It’s astonishing. Atlanta is not heaven on earth, but we didn’t need Rudy Giuliani’s storm troops to be able to walk our streets. We are a friendly town. Yes we carry guns, many of us do that. But don’t worry, unlike Northern guns ours do not jump up and start firing on their own. That apparently happens a lot in New York, where honest taxpayers are unarmed, and strangely enough, still get shot now and then. Compare our shootings in Atlanta to those in any other city, and you’ ll find that one, there are not that many, and two: the loser in the gunfight is not always the crime victim. Heh heh.

62. OnlineAthens: Letters: John Rocker, Jesse Jackson And The Meaning Of Tolerance 1 I suggest that john rocker (baseball player) not be given any more punishment and/orrebuke than was received by Rainbow Coalition organizer Jackson for his http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/122499/let_letter1.shtml

NEWS Blotter Obituaries Opinions ... Forums On Site Contact Us Help / FAQ Subscriptions Athens Magazine ... Web Design LETTERS to the EDITOR Story last updated at 7:29 a.m. on Friday, December 24, 1999 John Rocker, Jesse Jackson and the meaning of tolerance Help me out here. When those who espouse ''tolerance'' chastise, and demand retribution from someone because of an opinion stated by that person, isn't that engaging in ''intolerant'' behavior? I am referring to the hullabaloo over, and demands for punitive action, relative to the insensitive statements made about New York City by John Rocker, a baseball player for the Atlanta Braves. Is this much ado about nothing? Rocker is an outspoken firebrand with a propensity to say dumb things. His diatribes often remind me of those of Ted Turner. However, unlike media mogul Turner, John Rocker is nothing more than one of thousands of professional baseball players and his opinions merely reflect his intellectual and emotional capacity. Therefore, I believe that this apparent outrage regarding his remarks should be tempered, based on the lack of consequence of the event. As my mother used to tell me when I was hurt by something somebody said or did, ''Consider the source.'' I remember reading that the Rev. Jesse Jackson once referred to NYC as ''Hymie Town.'' However, Jesse Jackson was no mere hot-tempered baseball player. Rather, he was, and is, a preeminent black spokesperson in the country.

63. Rocker Rocking Baseball By Gregg Hoffmann. With the exception of the Ken Griffey Jr. trade, the biggestnews to come from baseball this spring has been the john rocker story. http://www.generalsemantics.org/Hoffmann_Column/Rocking_Baseball.htm

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65. AskMen.com : John Rocker rocker needs to understand that he is in the public eye. When he decided to becomea baseball player, he was well aware that he would be in the spotlight and http://www.askmen.com/sports/fanatic/fanatic7b.html

ADD AskMen.com As Your Home Page ADD ... Favorites AskMen.com ISP Coming Soon! UPDATED DAILY, 7 DAYS A WEEK SECTIONS Home Sexuality Men Women ... Entertainment FEATURES Top 99 Women NEW Top 200 Albums Joke of the Day Site of the Day Men's Horoscopes MEMBERS Message Boards Newsletter Sign-Up Free Contests Player's Guide OTHER INFO About us Advertise Editor/Letters F.A.Q. ... Sports Commentary By Fan-atic Sports Commentator - Every 2nd Monday AskMen.com Specials Pages: Today's Articles < Previous Page Although Rocker has the spotlight on him right now, let us not forget that he is not the only one that needs to re-think his actions more carefully. Another example of a poor role model is Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Bobby Chouinard. He is charged with putting a loaded gun to his wife's head during an argument on Christmas. We can also examine Dennis Rodman's numerous questionable antics, the wife beating charges against Wil Cordero and the murder charges against Rae Carruth. There is never a shortage of athletes acting like less than ideal citizens. Rocker needs to understand that he is in the public eye. When he decided to become a baseball player, he was well aware that he would be in the spotlight and would have to act appropriately.

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67. Where Is The Left In John Rocker's Hour Of Need? the horrible way Atlanta Braves' pitcher john rocker has been rocker, of course,gave an interview to Sports Major League baseball ordered rocker to undergo http://www.leftwatch.com/articles/2000/000045.html

Home Archive Where Is the Left in John Rocker's Hour of Need? LeftWatch.Com Guests Logon Account Signup Where Is the Left in John Rocker's Hour of Need? By Brian Carnell Thursday, January 13, 2000 The only thing The Nation did was one of Calvin Trillin's annoying little poems about Rocker. It is interesting how the people who usually whine and moan whenever employers fire or discipline employees for their political or social beliefs disappear when the discipline is directed at people who hold views diametrically opposed to the Left. Imagine, for example, that Rocker in his Sports Illustrated interview had decided to emulate NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and suggested he no longer wanted to appear on the field during the singing of the national anthem, and as a result Bud Selig had ordered psychological testing for Rocker. Is there really any doubt that magazines like The Nation would immediately run to Rocker's defense and talk about the horrors of corporate suppression of free speech (in fact Abdul-Rauf had many left-liberal defenders when the NBA suspended him). Instead the general consensus seems to be that Major League Baseball is doing a good thing by disciplining Rocker for his private conversation with a reporter during baseball's off-season. That's fine, but remember folks that you can't have it both ways. You can't applaud baseball for taking action against Rocker and then turn around and say an employer who might discipline or fire a worker because of his Left views and activism is overstepping the bounds of the employer-employee relationship.

68. Off His Rocker After the Atlanta Braves, the only entity who could have rightfully taken actionagainst john rocker, balked, Major League baseball stepped in and demanded http://www.tufts.edu/as/stu-org/observer/2000/january27/observations/3.htm

69. Scotty Kowall's Weekly Tirade John Rocker Honest Southern Yahoo All he has to know is how to throw a baseball at an opposing player, a difficulttask but not one requiring intelligence. john rocker is a moron. http://www.comedyzine.com/tirade150.shtml

THE WEEKLY TIRADE By Scotty Kowall Every Monday In Comedyzine The one stereotype John Rocker hurt the most was the southerner. John Rocker is not a mean man. He is an insensitive dumb southern yahoo that lacks social skills and intelligence. The old redneck southerner is alive and well and living inside John Rocker. Some feel he should be punished for his statements. Major League Baseball has in the past suspended owner Marge Schott for her statements and will have too do the same to Rocker. I would urge the league as punishment to have the Braves trade John Rocker to the Mets and give him the choice of retiring as he said he would if traded to New York or playing there and learning from New Yorkers about the positives other cultures contribute in an advanced society. Let him choose his punishment, retire or live and play in New York. That would be great. Rocker in a Mets uniform and the Mets fans having to throw their batteries somewhere else as they cheer for the man they love to hate. Now that is poetic justice. Read the Jeff Pearlman Sports Illustrated interview of John Rocker Weekly Tirade Index

70. John Rocker Based upon the reaction, you would think that john rocker had degraded Jesus WhenMajor League baseball announced its suspension of rocker, cries of First http://www.wisecounty.com/themuse/rocker.htm

John Rocker (2/11/00) Atlanta Pitcher John Rocker as quoted in Sports Illustrated On ever playing for a New York team: "I would retire first. It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the [Number] 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you're [riding through] Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing." On New York City itself: "The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners. I'm not a very big fan of foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did they get in this country?" Observations: This country goes absolutely crazy whenever a bigoted statement is made to the mass media. Based upon the reaction, you would think that John Rocker had degraded Jesus from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Dallas. Maybe its because we live in the South or in Texas, but his comments are similar to what is said every day in Decatur, Texas, over coffee. Come on, admit it.

71. Press Release -ADL Calls On Baseball To Condemn Atlanta Brave John Rocker For Hi ADL Calls on baseball to Condemn Atlanta Brave john rocker for His Racist and BigotedStatements About NYC’s Diverse Population. http://www.adl.org/presrele/DiRaB_41/3545_41.asp

Home Law Enforcement Search About ... Contact Press Release Categories Anti-Semitism: USA Anti-Semitism: International Black-Jewish Relations Christian-Jewish Relations ... Miscellaneous Resources Press Releases Militia Watchdog Archives Legislative Action Center Regional Offices ... Security for Community Press Release Discrimination/Racism/Bigotry ADL Calls on Baseball to Condemn Atlanta Brave John Rocker for His Racist and Bigoted Statements About NYC’s Diverse Population New York, NY, December 22, 1999 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on Major League Baseball’s players and management to swiftly and strongly condemn the racist and bigoted remarks made by John Rocker, Atlanta Brave pitcher, about New York City’s diverse population, in an interview in the current issue of Sports Illustrated. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: John Rocker’s racist and anti-gay comments about New York City’s diverse population, many whom are immigrants or of immigrant backgrounds, are outrageous and should be swiftly and strongly condemned by Major League Baseball. They have no place in our beloved national pastime, which epitomizes the ideal of fair play and today is a mirror of our society, with players from all backgrounds. John Rocker may be tall on the mound, but his comments lower him into the sewer. Everyone connected to the game, especially his Atlanta Braves teammates and management should soundly condemn him.

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April 2000 Volume 1, Issue 1 Home Articles About April Articles It's Damage Control Time For "Shovernor" Carnahan Three Cheers for Global Warming Bootheel Man Sees a Hill for the First Time; Is Hospitalized for Vertigo Elian and Father Sent Back to Cuba, Strapped to Nuclear Missile ... Missouri Sells the Bootheel to Arkansas Quickies Gore-Free Tennessee? April 12 Some Republicans in Tennessee are pushing for a most worthy cause, a Gore-free existence. We wish them well, just as long as Al Gore stays out of Missouri as well. Lawsuit over Paducah school shooting dismissed April 11 A lawsuit filed by parents of victims in the Paducah shooting against 25 entertainment companies was dismissed last week . When the suit was announced , attorney Jack Thompson said, "We intend to hurt Hollywood. We intend to hurt the video game industry. We intend to hurt the sex porn sites." It's probably good that this $130 million lawsuit was dismissed; if successful, it would've hurt not Hollywood, but personal responsibility. April 4th election results posted online April 6 The Cape County Clerk's office has posted "unofficial" election results on the county website for your civic enjoyment.

73. MLB And Braves Are Off Their Rockers completely. The Atlanta Braves and Major League baseball, not john rocker,are off their rockers for race relations in this sport. john http://www.austinreview.com/articles/88.html

S ECTIONS HEADLINES EDITORIALS COMMENTARY CITY ... FRONT PAGE A BOUT T HE R EVIEW To find out more about the journalists and supporters of the Austin Review, please visit our Staff Page. Questions? Comments? Would you like to help support the Review? Please visit our Response Page for details. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2000 MLB and Braves Are Off Their Rockers By RANDY SAMUELSON As many know, Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker made several controversial remarks about New York City in a December Sports Illustrated interview. His comments, dealing with racial issues, consisted of observations about certain subpopulations in New York City. For example, he commented about Times Square’s Puerto Ricans and Cubans inability to speak English and the “queers with AIDS” on the Number 7 train to Shea Stadium. His opinions sent shock-waves through Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Braves organization, reviving racial issues that Major League Baseball has long tried to suppress. Like any other American, John Rocker has the right to speak his mind on any issue he wishes and to hold any opinion he so desires. Housed in the First Amendment, these free speech rights are the same rights liberals love to reference regarding art, journalism, and speech. Perhaps the way he phrased his comments could have been more tactful, but he broke no law by saying them.

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75. John Rocker At It Again - Outsports.com john and the people in the restaurant. Rangers spokesman john Blake told ‘It’sdepressing.” rocker served a 30day suspension from baseball in 2000 http://www.outsports.com/wire/20020805rocker.htm

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77. John Rocker In a recent issue of Sports Illustrated, john rocker treats us The skies now rainbricks on rocker. game or in our society, said baseball Commissioner Bud http://www.larryelder.com/racial/johnrocker.htm

John Rocker by Larry Elder "White racism exists," "National Review" editor John O'Sullivan once said, "But its social power is weak. And the social power against it, overwhelming." Too bad white Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker did not consult with O'Sullivan before Rocker shot his mouth off. In a recent issue of "Sports Illustrated," John Rocker treats us to a view of his Archie Bunker-esque thinking. An important member of the Braves team that beat the New York Mets in the playoffs, Rocker offered his thoughts on the Big Apple, "Imagine having to take the [Number] 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you're [riding through] Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids." About New York, Rocker said, "The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners. I'm not a very big fan of foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did they get in this country?" He called a black teammate a "fat monkey," and criticized the way Japanese women drive.

78. Article | Baseball Is Off Its Rocker, By Sally Satel baseball Is Off Its rocker The Wall Street Journal January 1, 2000. By SallySatel. baseball's latest bad boy is Atlanta Braves pitcher john rocker. http://www.sallysatelmd.com/html/a-wsj03.html

Baseball Is Off Its Rocker The Wall Street Journal By Sally Satel Baseball's latest bad boy is Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker. Last month he spoke disparagingly of foreigners, homosexuals and a black teammate in Sports Illustrated, and now there are cries that he should be dumped. But before Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig decides what to do with Mr. Rocker, he wants to hear from the mental health profession. On Friday, the pitcher had his first mandatory evaluation with psychiatrists. Psychiatrists? What is our role in helping Mr. Selig reprimand Mr. Rocker? The commissioner should decide what behavior the sport finds unacceptable, devise a sanction and implement it. Period. By effectively saying that anyone who uses bigoted language is mentally ill, Mr. Selig (who decided in cooperation with the Players Association to obtain the evaluation) is medicalizing behavior that we rightly object to on moral grounds. By asking psychiatrists to help him reprimand Mr. Rocker, Mr. Selig is hiding behind our couch. I cannot help suspect that, deep down, Mr. Selig and Company know that sending the 25-year-old Mr. Rocker to the shrink is an empty gesture. Perhaps they figure that a needless trip to the psychiatrist will be the first in a longer series of punitive steps. But the gesture still sends a disturbing message to young baseball fans: Offensive behavior is actually a deep pathology, one that individuals cannot control.

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